Making gumpaste high heel shoes is not nearly as tricky as it looks. This was my first gumpaste high heel and it won’t be my last! There is only one thing better than a pretty high heel and that is a pretty high heel on a cake :)
Christmas Tree Cupcakes
These Christmas Tree Cupcakes take just minutes to decorate and can be made as simple or ornate as you choose.
Carrot Oat Bars {Recipe}
I cannot tell you how pleased I am with these Carrot Oat Bars. The boys (husband included) loved them and we scoffed the lot within 36 hours. I barely had time to take pictures before they were gone.
Ance’s Chocolate Pudding: “Messy Chocolate Cake”
This chocolate pudding {aka Messy Cake} is gooey and gorgeous. It is quick to make, tastes gorgeous and freezes really well. Why is that important? Ask me again the next time you crave warm chocolate pudding at 10 pm.
Carrot Cake and Cream Cheese Icing
This recipe yields a light, moist carrot cake that is absolutely delicious. It is topped with cream cheese icing (frosting) and less-than-perfect piped roses.
Buttermilk Rusks (Karringmelk Beskuit)
You can call these tea-time treats ‘Rusks’, but if you want to be accurate, you should really call them Beskuit. Looks a little bit like biscuit, doesn’t it, but they aren’t biscuits. Biscotti? Almost, but not quite. Beskuit is a South African treat that will make even the most manly Boer’s knees go a little […]
Fairy Cake
This Fairy Cake is one I made ages and ages ago and just never got around to posting. The fairy started out as a thin little ballerina-like figure and ended up a bit like a hunchback secret eater. But never mind. I followed this tutorial to make the fairy (albeit quite loosely). It is choc-full […]
Another Ben 10 Cake Tutorial
This is a tutorial for a quick and cheap Ben 10 Cake with fondant, butter cream and royal icing. Save time by using a printed template.
How to Make an Elmo Cake
This is a tutorial for making a fondant and royal icing Elmo Cake that is simple yet striking!
Royal Icing Recipe
I use royal icing A LOT! And every time I write a post about something involving royal icing, I write the recipe out again. So I thought I should probably give this recipe its very own post and just go crazy with the links. There are two versions for making Royal Icing. One is whipped, […]
